ἰοδνεφής
From LSJ
Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
English (LSJ)
ές, (δνόφος)
A dark as the flower ἴον (v. ἴον 1v), purple-dark, εἶρος Od.4.135,9.426.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1255] ές, veilchen-, d. i. dunkelfarbig, εἶρος Od. 4, 135. 9, 426; Hesych. μέλαν, οἱ δὲ πορφυρίζον.